RAS Machines for Data Centers

Manufacturing data center server racks, cabinets, and more requires the highest level of precision. See how our industry-leading machines can help:

Panel Bending for Cabinet Doors and More

With the RAS Multibend-Center, manufacturing data center cabinet doors with large window openings is easy. The main manipulator picks up on the blank off-center and changes its position during the bending sequence. The closed profiles provide high rigidity at the edge of the folded cabinet door.

Other use cases of the Multibend-Center for data centers include:

Forming of electrical enclosures.
Bending the tops of outdoor data rack cabinets.
Fabrication of multi-sided server racks.
Folding of distribution cabinets for heating and cooling.
Precise bending before downstream laser welding.
Fabrication of intricate cable duct components.
Integration of automatic bending with stud welding for grounding bolt.

RAS Multibend-Center

Fabricate Deep Electrical Cabinets

With the unique Bendex software, the RAS UpDownCenter is perfect for data center enclosures, racks, and cabinets. Capable of bending up to 400mm deep, clients such as Alphatec Schaltschranksysteme GmbH and CAM srl trust this machine to meet their sheet metal thickness requirements.

Other use cases of the UpDownCenter-2 for data centers include:

UpDown folding for multi-sided cabinets.
Automatic part programming for meter cabinets, media columns, and converter cabinets.
Fabrication of smaller parts, including narrow cable ducts.
Automatic bending of cabinets with a long L-flange.

RAS UpDownCenter-2

Create Customer Server Racks

Another benefit of RAS machines for data centers is their flexibility. MFB Products from Melbourne, Australia, is a leading producer of 19” rack mount enclosures and custom sheet metal components. As the company has grown, its needs for server racks have evolved. Using the Multibend-Center ECO and Bendex Office software, which programs the sheet metal components automatically, they were able to improve their productivity even further.

RAS Multibend-Center ECO

Seamlessly Bend Switchgear Cabinets

Proteus Switchgear, another RAS client for data center fabrication, trusts the FLEXIbend for sheet metal production at its Telford factory. Proteus’s folding machine does not bend faster, but the changeover from one job to another is much faster and more flexible. In addition, the FLEXIbend also bends smaller switchgear components in small to medium batches. Typical runs are from 10 to 20 and occasionally up to 50 off.

RAS FLEXIbend

Bend Small Parts for Data Center Server Rack

The company Triton from Czechia allows its customers to design their own cabinets using the Triton product configurator. As a result, production and machine flexibility need to be extremely high. The RAS MiniBendCenter bends small parts up to 600 x 600 mm in small to medium batch sizes. An optical scanner automatically finds the blanks on the pallet. Fueled with this data, a robot loads the small part into the bending center. After the automatic bending process is completed, the finished parts can be automatically delivered to different boxes.

RAS MiniBendCenter

Flexible Bending for Data Rack Cabinets

This video shows the RAS ProfileCenter panel bending machine as it bends profiles that will be installed in control cabinets for mounting accessories and shelves. The high straightness requirements and the variety of different geometries and part lengths make perfect use of the machine’s flexibility. The Bendex software programs the profiles automatically, starting from the STEP files of the sheet metal parts.

RAS ProfileCenter

Bending Outdoor Distribution Cabinets Using RAS Panel Bending Machine

RAS 79.31-2 Multibend-Center at Eaton Cooper for example bends tops of outdoor distribution cabinets. The cross bends in the control cabinet top cover increase rigidity and ensure controlled water drainage. Due to the long runout with tilting tables, the bending cell can supply two different assembly lines with bent parts.

RAS Multibend-Center

Manufacturing Telecom Security Cabinets Using RAS Panel Bending Machine

American company Diversified Control is a manufacturer of security cabinets for the telecommunications industry. Owner Brent James says: “We’ve thought a lot about high-security electrical cabinets and claimed more than 40 patents over the past 25 years. Our range of weather-resistant metal enclosures exceeds all environmental testing specifications for the telecommunications industry.” Diversified Control bends all large panels for wireless or wireline enclosures on a RAS Multibend-Center panel bending machine with automatic blank loading.